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Swiss Open: Kidambi Srikanth beats second seed Anders Antonsen in nail-biting encounter to enter semi-final
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Swiss Open: Kidambi Srikanth beats second seed Anders Antonsen in nail-biting encounter to enter semi-final

Srikanth defeated World No. 3 and second seed Anders Antonsen of Denmark in a hard-fought three-game encounter to enter the men's singles semi-final of Swiss Open.

Indonesia Open 2021: Danish badminton ace Viktor Axelsen clinches men's singles title
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Indonesia Open 2021: Danish badminton ace Viktor Axelsen clinches men's singles title

The 27-year-old scored a victory against Loh 21-13, 9-21, 21-13 in an intense 59-minute game in the badminton tournament held on the palm-fringed holiday island of Bali

Indonesia Masters 2021: Ace shuttler Kento Momota claims first title since car crash in 2020
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Indonesia Masters 2021: Ace shuttler Kento Momota claims first title since car crash in 2020

The final was close in the first round, but the Japanese ace managed to build a strong defence as Antonsen repeatedly made unforced errors.

Denmark Open 2021: Sameer Verma shocks Anders Antonsen to enter quarter-finals as Lakshya Sen bows out
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Denmark Open 2021: Sameer Verma shocks Anders Antonsen to enter quarter-finals as Lakshya Sen bows out

The 27-year-old Verma from Madhya Pradesh will lock horns with 33-year-old Tommy Sugiarto, a bronze winner at the 2014 World Championships.

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Shuttler B Sai Praneeth worried about 'COVID-19 false positive' ahead of Games
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Tokyo Olympics 2020: Shuttler B Sai Praneeth worried about 'COVID-19 false positive' ahead of Games

Praneeth, who had ended India''s 36-year-long wait for a men''s singles medal at the world championship with a bronze in 2019, has reasons to get anxious having returned false positive during the Thailand Open in January.

All England Open 2021: Viktor Axelsen sets up final with Malaysia's Lee Zii Jia after beating Anders Antonsen in semis
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All England Open 2021: Viktor Axelsen sets up final with Malaysia's Lee Zii Jia after beating Anders Antonsen in semis

Axelsen got the better of an all-Danish semi-final, coming from behind to beat Anders Antonsen 16-21, 21-7, 21-17.

All England Open 2021: Ashwini Ponnappa-N Sikki Reddy pair enters quarters; Sameer Verma, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty eliminated
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All England Open 2021: Ashwini Ponnappa-N Sikki Reddy pair enters quarters; Sameer Verma, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty eliminated

The world number 30 pair of Ashwini and Sikki took just 33 minutes to see off the 13th ranked duo of Gabriela and Stefani 21-17 21-10 in the second-round match on Thursday night.

BWF World Tour Finals: Tai Tzu Ying, Anders Antonsen crack aura of invincibility around Carolina Marin, Viktor Axelsen
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BWF World Tour Finals: Tai Tzu Ying, Anders Antonsen crack aura of invincibility around Carolina Marin, Viktor Axelsen

Long-reigning World No.1 Tai Tzu Ying matched Carolina Marin’s scorching pace, pinned her repeatedly on her slightly vulnerable backhand baseline to come from 17-19 down in the decider to win 14-21, 21-8, 21-19

BWF World Tour Finals: Tai Tzu-ying beats Carolina Marin in women's final; Anders Antonsen stuns Viktor Axelsen
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BWF World Tour Finals: Tai Tzu-ying beats Carolina Marin in women's final; Anders Antonsen stuns Viktor Axelsen

Marin beat the 26-year-old Tai two weeks in a row during the previous Thailand Open tournament finals

BWF World Tour Finals: Kidambi Srikanth’s vastly improved showing gives hope; PV Sindhu disappoints again
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BWF World Tour Finals: Kidambi Srikanth’s vastly improved showing gives hope; PV Sindhu disappoints again

PV Sindhu must tailor her training before the Tokyo Olympics towards improving her agility and speed of foot, to complement her power.

Thailand Open Super 1000: PV Sindhu, Sameer Verma suffer defeats; Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Ashwini Ponappa pair enters semi-finals
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Thailand Open Super 1000: PV Sindhu, Sameer Verma suffer defeats; Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Ashwini Ponappa pair enters semi-finals

The unseeded Indian pair toiled hard for one hour and 15 minutes to beat their world no. 6 Malaysian opponents 18-21, 24-22, 22-20 in a nail-biting quarterfinal duel.

Thailand Open: Saina Nehwal, Kidambi Srikanth win in straight sets, Carolina Marin through to second round
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Thailand Open: Saina Nehwal, Kidambi Srikanth win in straight sets, Carolina Marin through to second round

Saina got the better of Selvaduray Kisona of Malaysia 21-15, 21-15 in the women's singles opening round to set up a clash with Thailand's Busanan Ongbamrungphan.

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Four years from quarter-final run in Rio, Kidambi Srikanth's chances of qualification are fading quickly
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Tokyo Olympics 2020: Four years from quarter-final run in Rio, Kidambi Srikanth's chances of qualification are fading quickly

There are simply not enough tournaments left for Srikanth to collect the 8,000+ points required to overtake Gemke and finish in the top-16, even if he puts in a late gallop and finishes among the medals at these competitions

China Open 2019: Kento Momota beats Ramus Gemke in semi-final to inch closer to 10th title this year
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China Open 2019: Kento Momota beats Ramus Gemke in semi-final to inch closer to 10th title this year

Kento Momota brushed aside Denmark's unseeded Ramus Gemke 21-19, 21-8 and faces Taiwan's world number two Chou Tien-chen in Sunday's championship decider.

China Open: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty enter doubles quarter-finals; P Kashyap, B Sai Praneeth crash out
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China Open: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty enter doubles quarter-finals; P Kashyap, B Sai Praneeth crash out

India's men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty on Thursday stunned sixth seed Hiroyuki Endo and Yuta Watanabe of Japan to enter the quarterfinals of the China Open.

BWF Denmark Open 2019: India's Saina Nehwal, Kidambi Srikanth suffer first round defeats in Odense
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BWF Denmark Open 2019: India's Saina Nehwal, Kidambi Srikanth suffer first round defeats in Odense

Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth on Wednesday suffered first round losses in the Denmark Open women's and men's singles competitions on Wednesday.

BWF Korea Open 2019: Spate of ‘strategic retirements’ underline cruel demands of World Tour on shuttlers’ bodies
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BWF Korea Open 2019: Spate of ‘strategic retirements’ underline cruel demands of World Tour on shuttlers’ bodies

A spate of retirements by some of the world’s best shuttlers on Wednesday marred a crowded day’s programme and underlined the cruel demands that the BWF World Tour makes on the players.

BWF Korea Open 2019: Parupalli Kashyap progresses to pre-quarters as PV Sindhu, Saina Nehwal and B Sai Praneeth crash out
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BWF Korea Open 2019: Parupalli Kashyap progresses to pre-quarters as PV Sindhu, Saina Nehwal and B Sai Praneeth crash out

World champion PV Sindhu crashed out of the Korea Open in the first round a week after being ousted from the China Open in the second round.

Korea Open 2019: PV Sindhu resumes quest for season's first BWF World Tour title; Saina Nehwal seeks turnaround
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Korea Open 2019: PV Sindhu resumes quest for season's first BWF World Tour title; Saina Nehwal seeks turnaround

A win in the first round at Korea Open may hand Sindhu a chance to avenge her loss in China as she is likely to face Chochuwong again.

BWF China Open 2019: Sai Praneeth bows out after losing quarter-final clash against Anthony Sinisuka Ginting
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BWF China Open 2019: Sai Praneeth bows out after losing quarter-final clash against Anthony Sinisuka Ginting

Almost a month after dispatching the Indonesian en route his historic world championships bronze at Basel, world No 15 Praneeth went down to the same opponent 21-16 6-21 16-21 in 55 minutes to end his campaign here.